Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Today the next installment of the new J.K Rowling epic adventure of Harry Potter is released..

I hope the inspiration for writing continues and her gift of telling a story captivates generations to come..

It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and
father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he
never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected
places.

without spoiling anything, the cursed child is largely concerned with the next generation of Harry Potter. With that in mind I feel that this
continuation should have opened the door for a novel direction in the series. but it didnt. it felt more like a recycling than it did like a new
story. A Reddit user put it bluntly but not inaccurately when they said that JK Rowling got so tired of being asked for a sequel that she gave us a
new story so bad we would never ask for another. Sorry Miss rowling.

But if anyone is legitimately interested in a quality continuation to the original Harry Potter series I strongly recommend the fan fiction by G
Norman Lippert, also a next generation series. It is not by the original author but it is most certainly a worthy follow-up to the tale we all know
and love. It is currently a four-part, soon to be five part series that will be culminating this fall. Hogwarts is waiting, guys and gals. or should I
say, wizards and witches?

I took my oldest child to midnight releases "back in the day". Since then, his sister (who was born just a few days after the release in 2007) has
gotten into the series. Whether or not the new book is good, it gave her a chance to be part of a Potter book release.

So, this can suck the foulest rotten eggs and I'll still be glad we went to the party to retrieve it

Just that fact alone is good enough. My oldest went, too, but he just grabbed a collection of Asimov.

I know we've been building up for the release party stuff at work. Lots of it coming across my desk.

As to whether or not I'll wind up with the book myself? It just sort of reads like Go Set a Watchman scenario to me, especially where Rowling
seems to have found her groove in her mystery books.

I have the original series, and I'm reading through the first two with my son. He's a little young to go beyond those two at the moment, but
eventually we'll break out the rest for him.

Busy summer for us! We've read HP + Sorceror's Stone, James and the Giant Peach, Frindle, Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims, and we're working our way through Mrs. Frisby
and the Rats of NIMH, HP + Chamber of Secrets, and Rush Revere all over again. And that's not counting numerous side trips into his
Dr. Seuss and 'Elephant & Piggie,' and 'Ricky Ricotta' books among other picture books he has.

This content community relies on user-generated content from our member contributors. The opinions of our members are not those of site ownership who maintains strict editorial agnosticism and simply provides a collaborative venue for free expression.